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Subject: Nobody is perfect including chess programs.

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 10:29:30 04/05/01

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James,

Games are based on imperfection.  For someone to win, another must be less than
perfect.  It makes life interesting.


(1,000,000,000,000,000 - 1,000,000,000,000,000) = 0 : Boring!!!

Tim Frohlick

On April 05, 2001 at 12:47:57, James Robertson wrote:

>On April 05, 2001 at 11:35:50, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 05, 2001 at 03:59:26, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>On April 04, 2001 at 19:18:05, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 04, 2001 at 18:39:54, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Dear Christophe,
>>>>>
>>>>>You really have given us a great program.  Vincent has a tendency to attack
>>>>>those with different mindsets.  He is, however, a quite intelligent fellow.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ethereally,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I think he is intelligent, but he simply does not know how to use his
>>>>agressivity in a positive way. Not that it is a bad thing to be agressive,
>>>>actually it's a property of almost every young male, but it is better used when
>>>>it is used to build, instead of using it to destroy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>
>>>I'll let my "young aggressive" sense of outrage answer here. =) Your patronizing
>>>attitude against Vincent is just as much an attack as something more obviously
>>>aggressive.
>>
>>
>>So what is your own comment, then ?
>>
>>Look, Vincent attacks me whenever he can in a very stupid way. So I think I can
>>at least say what I think about his attitude.
>>
>>Instead of trying to destroy me in the way he does, I think he'd better use his
>>agressivity/energy to work on his own program.
>>
>>That's exactly what I have done at the time my program was constantly crushed by
>>good commercial ones, and eventually it worked.
>>
>>So I think my advice is not a bad one.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>"used to build, instead of using it to destroy" ?? Come on! This is hardly
>>>appropriate wording. =)
>>
>>
>>Word it yourself then.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>I guess I didn't like the way you defended yourself. I don't agree with
>Vincent's attacks at all, but I think you can parry them without writing in a
>patronizing tone... perhaps we all annoy each other from time to time, but oh
>well. Nobody's perfect. =/
>
>James



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